President-Elect Barack Obama’s cell phone account accessed

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President-Elect Obama is known to love his Blackberry. However, Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell McAdam found out this week that a number of Verizon Wireless employees (without authorization) accessed and viewed President-Elect Barack Obama’s personal cell phone account.

Granted, the account has been inactive for several months. The device on the account wasn’t a BlackBerry or other smartphone, but instead just a regular flip-phone.

“All employees who have accessed the account – whether authorized or not – have been put on immediate leave, with pay,” stated Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell McAdam. “As the circumstances of each individual employee’s access to the account are determined, the company will take appropriate actions. Employees with legitimate business needs for access will be returned to their positions, while employees who have accessed the account improperly and without legitimate business justification will face appropriate disciplinary action. “

The company offered an apology to President-Elect Obama and stated that they “will work to keep the trust our customers place in us every day.”

With Sarah Palin’s email account hacked earlier on in the year, one can’t but wonder if President-Elect Obama’s new phone/email will soon be hacked.